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Wholesale Reform Needed to Regain Trust in the Global Anti-Doping System
Global Athlete's statement on The New York Times' allegations of WADA and Aquatics doping cover-up.
The International Olympic Committee’s Failures Cannot Be Ignored
Global Athlete’s statement scrutinizing the International Olympic Committee’s failures ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Joint Statement from Global Athlete & FairSport Following the Interim WADA Report on the Positive Drug Tests of 23 Chinese Swimmers
Global Athlete and FairSport’s joint statement following the interim WADA report on the positive drug tests of 23 Chinese swimmers.
USA Fencing Decision Is Lenient on Match Fixing and Undermines the Integrity of Sport
USA Fencing athletes are aggrieved by the recent decision by USA Fencing to enact a weak and futile suspension on two American fencing referees.
Joint Statement from Global Athlete and FairSport following The New York Times and ARD reports on the Positive Drug Tests of 23 Chinese Swimmers
Over the past two days, the New York Times and ARD exposed allegations that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) covered up positive doping tests of the banned substance Trimetazidine (TMZ) from twenty-three Chinese athletes in early 2021, prior to the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Canadian Minister of Sport Announces “Future of Sport in Canada Commission”
Global Athlete and Gymnasts for Change Canada acknowledges today’s announcement by the Minister of Sport to establish a ‘Future of Sport in Canada Commission’ to review the Canadian sport system.
Canadian Safe Sport Think Tank Report
Recently, a cross-section of Canadian sports people gathered for the Canadian Safe Sport Think Tank hosted by Global Athlete and Gymnasts for Change Canada to collectively address the country’s sporting crisis. Olympic and National Team athletes, advocates, survivors, sports administrators, coaches, and scholars engaged in a comprehensive examination of the Canadian sport system and collaborated to identify a pathway for its recovery and reconstruction.
The International Olympic Committee Set to Continue Kowtowing to Russia with Another Misleading Ban
This ban is both deceptive and ineffectual, as the sole punitive measure that could truly bridle Russia, its ongoing aggression and its broader geopolitical strategies remains to be ‘decided’ – whether Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. However, the IOC has already made clear, through its statements and actions, that a decision has already been contrived to welcome these athletes to Paris.
Athletes Call for the International Paralympic Committee to Uphold the Outright Ban on Russia and Belarus at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
On the eve of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly and Conference, we echo and amplify the voices of thousands of athletes and twenty-six governments by calling for both Russia and Belarus to be banned from the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.